Food in the Mountains

Recipes

THE APPLE COBBLER

1/2 stick butter
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup water
4 cups freshly sliced apples
- sprinkle with cinnamon
and sugar to taste

Melt butter in a 9 x 9 pan. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and water. Pour the batter on top of the melted butter.(Do not stir). Add the apples on top of the batter. Bake at 350* for 30 minutes or until the top is lightly browned. This is great topped with either freshly whipped cream or ice cream.

RASPBERRY DUCKLING

THE ROAST DUCK
2 - 4 1/2 to 5lb. ducks dressed
1 - small onion, chopped
2 - stalks celery, chopped
1 - medium carrot, chopped
1 - medium apple, chopped
2 - oranges, peeled, pithed, and chopped
1/2 - cup Tamari (Japanese Soy Sauce)
1/2 - cup honey
2 - cloves garlic

THE RASPBERRY SAUCE
1/4 - lb. butter
1 - cup sugar
1 - cup cider vinegar
2 - tbsp flower
1 1/2 - cups raspberries, frozen
2 - oz. Chambord liquor

Remove neck, gizzards and fat pads inside cavity. Cut off excess neck skin. Place ducks on rack in large roasting pan. Fill cavity with chopped onion, celery, carrots, apple and oranges. Pierce skin with sharp fork at 2" intervals. Coat skin with Tamari, then honey.

Roast in preheated oven at 325† F for 3 - 3 1/2 hours. Duck is done when leg turns easily. Remove vegetables from cavity and allow duck to cool slightly. Using a large knife, slice down through the middle of the breast to open duck. Cut through on each side of backbone. Take each half, and with your fingers gently remove the rib cage. It should come out easily.

Melt butter in sauce pan. Add sugar, and stir until well blended. Cook over low heat until the sauce starts to darken slightly. Stir frequently. When mixture is a light brown color, add flour and stir until well mixed. Add vinegar and stir until sugar mixture dissolves. Bring to a slow boil and cook until mixture reduces to 1/2 its original volume. The sauce will have a syrupy consistency. Remove from heat. Stir in Chambord and raspberries. Reheat to serve.

To Serve: Place ducks, breast up, on sheet pan. Place in 350† F oven for 10 - 15 minutes to heat thoroughly. Remove from oven and transfer ducks to serving plates. Pour heated Raspberry sauce over ducks. Serve with wild rice and fresh vegetables.

THE BLUEBERRY COFFEECAKE
(six servings)

3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup melted butter
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
2 cups flour

2 tsps. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups blueberries

Combine sugar, butter, and egg. Beat with an electric mixer until evenly mixed. Add the milk gradually. Mix the flour with the baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Add these dry ingredients to the sugar mixture and blend until evenly mixed. Fold in the blueberries and spread the mixture in a greased 9-inch baking pan. Top with the following mixture:

1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup melted butter
1 tsp. cinnamon

Bake at 375' for approximately 45 minutes or until done.